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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Patrick "Finn" Robins<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, October 17, 2010
12:10 PM<BR><B>To:</B> TCLUG Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [tclug-list]
mint? virtualbox?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT
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<DIV><BR>I run a dell laptop with 2.6ghz CPU and 625 ram and I will say that
the Ubuntu/KUbuntu new releases are really heavy on it. 9.04 was the last
release that didn't bog. Running XP in Virtualbox OSE is heavy and will keep
your CPU maxed much of the time. With Vista as the other OS I don't feel that
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<DIV><SPAN class=937201819-17102010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>I
think you need at least 1 GB RAM and maybe 2 GB. My Dell laptops with 1
and 2 GB don't bog, but I may not drag them through the same swamps
:-) They did seem to bog with only 512MB.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=937201819-17102010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>Chuck</FONT> </SPAN><BR>
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